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158.6457 Definitions for KRS 158.6452, 158.6453, 158.6455, and 158.6457.

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Page 1 of 1 158.6457 Definitions for KRS 158.6452, 158.6453, 158.6455, and 158.6457. As used in this section and KRS 158.6452, 158.6453, and 158.6455, unless the context <br>requires otherwise: <br>(1) &quot;Accountability index&quot; means the statistic, as provided by KRS 158.6455(2), that combines a school's academic and nonacademic factors; (2) &quot;Core content for assessment&quot; means the content identified for all students to know that is to be included on the state assessment; and (3) &quot;Nonacademic factors&quot; means the statistic that describes school success on: (a) Increasing attendance and decreasing retention rates at the elementary school level; (b) Increasing attendance rates and decreasing retention and dropout rates at the middle school level; and (c) Increasing attendance rates and decreasing retention and dropout rates and improving the transition to adult life at the secondary school level. Effective: April 14, 1998 <br>History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 598, sec. 1, effective April 14, 1998.